Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-05-27
GO AND TELL JESUS.
DR.. Talmage's Advice to ALI Who Are
in Trouble.
At No Period of a Mans Life Is He FREQ
from Tcmptation-Al WHO Live Cody
In Christ Must Suffer Persecution.

At No Period of Mans Life Is He FREQ
from Temptation-An Who Live Cody
in Christ Must Suffer Persecution.
BROOKLYN, May Sat the Tabernacle
this morning the Rev. T. De Witt Talmage,
ID. D., gave notice of the annual pilgrim-
age OF his congregation, which this year
| will be to Marlha's Vineyard, Mass. 1t
will begin July and end July z. DIR. Tai
mage will preach ut Matthias Vineyard on
July 3, and deliver an Grafton on the Fourth.
The congregational singing at the Taber-
nacle is led by cornet and organ. A boy
choir chants twice during the service. The
hymn sung by the congregation this morn
ing begins:
Sun of my,soul. thou Saviour DEAF,
1t is not night If Thou be near.
DR.. Talmage's text was: @And his dis
ciples went and told Jesus" -Matthew xiv.
IL. He. said:
An outrageous assassination. has just
taken place. To appease revengeful we-
man, King Herod ordered the death bf that
noble, self-sacrifcing Christian John the
Baptist. The group Of the disciples we're
thrown into grief and dismay. They felt
themselves utterly defenseless. There
was no authority to which they could
appeal, and yet grief must always find en-
preston. If there be no human ear 10
hear it, then the agonized soul will cry it
aloud to the winds and the woods and the
waters. But there was IN eur tlht was
willing TO listen. There is atenderpathos,
and at the same time most adnirable
picture, in the words of my text: They
went and told Jesus" He could under
stand all their grief, and he Immediately
soothed it. Our burdens arc not more than
half SO heavy to carry if another is thrust
under the other end of them. Here We
find Christ, his brow shadowed with grief,
standing amid the group of disciples, who.
with tears ond violent gesticulaions and
wringing of hands and outcry of bereave-
ment, IRE expressing their woe. ltnphael,
with his skiillful brush putting upon the
wall OF palace some scene of sacred
story, gave not SO skillful stroke rs when
the plain hand of the evangelist writes:
"They went and told Jesus"
The old Goths and Nandals once came
down upon Italy from the north of Europe,
and they upset the gardens, and they broke
down the affairs and swept away everything
that was good and beautiful. SO there is
ever and anon i'll the history of oil the sons
and daughters of our race an incursion of
rough handed troubles that came to plum
that mon highly priced. There is no cave
SO deeply cleft into the mountains rs to
allow us shelter, and the foot of the fleetest
courser cannot bear us beyond the quick
pursuit. The arrows they put to the string
fly with unerring dart, until We fall pierced
and stunned.
| I feel that 1 bring to you most appro-
pirate message. l mean to bind up all
your griefs into bundle and set them on
fire with spark from Gods altar. The
same prescription that cured the sorrow oil
the disciples will cure all your heartaches.
I have read that when Godfrey and his
| they came over the hills, at the first fash
Of the pinnacles of that beautiful city, the
army that had marched in silence lifted 9
! shout that made the earth tremble. Oh
you soldiers of Jesus Christ, marching on
| toward heaven, I would that to-day, by
some CLEAN from the palace of Gods mercy
and Gods strength, yon might be lifted
into great rejoicing, md that before thi,
service is ended you might raise one glae
| hosanna to the Lord!
In the first place, commend the be.
havior of these disciples to all those in this
audience who are sinful and unpardoned.
There comes time in almost every mans
history when he feels from some source
that he has an erring nature. The thought
may not have such heft as to fell him. Il
may be only like the flash in an evening
cloud just after very hot summer day
One man to get rid of that IMPRESSION will
I go to prayer; another will stimulate him.
self by ardent spirits, and another man will
dive deeper in secuiarities. But sometimes
q man cannot get rid of these Impressions
The fact is, when man finds ont that his
eternity is poised upon perfect uncer-
tainty, and that the next moment His foo1
may slip, he must do something violent tc
make himself forget where he stands, OF
else fly for refuge.
1t there are any here who have resolved
that they would rather die of this awfu
cancer of sin than to have the heavenly
surgeon cut it out, let me say, my deal
brother, you mingle for yourself q bitter
cup. You fly in the face of your everlast.
ing interests. You crouch under yoke
and you bite the dust, when. this moment
you might rise up crowned conqueror
have been by sin, go and tell Jesus. Tc
relax the grip of death from your soul ant
plant your unshackled feet upon the
golden throne Christ let the tortures of the
bloody Mount transfix Him. With the
beam OF His own cross He will break dowr
the door of your dungeon. From the
thorns of His own crown He will picl
enough gems to make your brow blaze with
eternal victory. In every tear on His wei
cneek, IN every gash OF His side, In every
long, blackening mark of liberation from
shoulder to shoulder, in the grave-shatter.
ing, heaven-storming death groan, hea,
Him say: Him that cometh unto me,
will in no wise cast out"
"Oh," but you say, "instead of curing
my wound you want to make another
wound, namely, that of conviction!" Have
you never known surgeon to come ant
find n chronic disease, and then with shar,
caustic burn it all outY So the grace O
God comes to the old sore of sin. 1t ha
long been ranking there, but by divin,
grace it is burned out through these FIRE
of conviction, "the flesh coming again o,
the flesh of little child" @where si1
abounded, grace much more aboundeth.
With the 10000 unpardoned sins of YOU
life, go and tell Jesus. You will never re
rid of your sins in any other way; and re-
member that the broad invitation which
extend 10 you will not always be extended
King Alfred, before modern timepiece
were invented, used 10 divide the day into
three parts-eieht hours each-and thel
had three wax candles. BY the time tn,
first candle had burned to the socket eiph
hours had gone, and when the second can
die had burned to the socket another ejoh
had gone, and when all the three candle
were gone out then the day had passed
Oh, that some of as, instead of CALCULATING
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